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• which is the best route to take?
• motorists are advised to find an alternative route.
• a coastal route
• the quickest route from florence to rome

route

1. a way that you follow to get from one place to another
• see also en route
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/en-route
• Which is the best route to take?
• Motorists are advised to find an alternative route.
• a coastal route
• the quickest route from Florence to Rome
• an escape route
2. a fixed way along which a bus, train, etc. regularly travels or goods are regularly sent
• The house is not on a bus route.
• shipping routes
• a cycle route (= a path that is only for cyclists)
3. a particular way of achieving something
• the route to success
• There are a number of routes to qualifying as a social worker.
4. used before the number of a main road in the US
• Route 66

Extra Examples

• Our route lay straight ahead and downhill.
• The airline currently flies this route twice a day.
• The alternative route takes you along the river.
• The bus driver did not seem to know the route.
• The shortest route home is along the shore.
• The shortest route home is round the ring road.
• The snow forced us to take an alternative route.
• There are plenty of bed and breakfasts along the route.
• Travellers are advised to find an alternative route during road repairs.
• We had plenty of time so we took the scenic route.
• We live on the school bus route.
• We retraced our route in an attempt to get back on the right path.
• We’ll stop for lunch en route.
• You’ll have to plan your route carefully.
• a circuitous route through the narrow side streets
• a scenic route through the south of France
• the air route from Berlin to Beijing
• the best route to success
• the most direct route between Bangkok and Chiang Mai
• the shortest route to Bruges
• the trade routes linking Persia and China
• After this point, the two leaders pursue different routes.
• Each person must follow their own route to happiness.
• Education was the traditional route out of poverty.
• If you go down that route there might be no way back.
• Is the hotel on a bus route?
• It’s the best route into the city from the south.
• Motorists are being advised to take an alternative route.
• Pirates menaced the shipping routes.
• She does not believe that this is the route to a lasting peace.
• Some people decided to go down the route of violent protest.
• Some young people see marriage as a kind of escape route.
• The biography charts her route to fame from humble beginnings.
• There are several tried and tested routes to developing your skills.
• There’s really only one route from the north to the south of the country.
• These were the ancient trade routes between Europe and Asia.
• This is not a route I would choose to take.
• This road is the main route linking the city with the motorway.
• We took the scenic route through the hills.
• Which would be the quickest route?

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere.